Public Health Advisor

City of New York • New York, NY

1d • $54,799 - $63,019 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Public Health Advisor (PHA) works on the ACE (Assess. Connect. Engage.) Team within the Bureau of Hepatitis, HIV, and Sexually Transmitted Infections at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The bureau leads the City's response to viral hepatitis, HIV, and sexually transmitted infections through testing, prevention and treatment programs, epidemiology and surveillance, research and evaluation, training and technical assistance, community engagement, social marketing, policy advocacy, and racial equity and social initiatives.

The PHA provides partner services to New Yorkers newly diagnosed with HIV, including identifying, tracing, and notifying their sex and needle-sharing partners and providing HIV testing to partners. The position links people newly diagnosed with HIV to clinical care, reaches out to people with HIV service providers and community-based organizations, and supports timely reporting, linkage, and services for patients and partners. The PHA also educates providers and community members about HIV-related laws and regulations.

The position may be activated and reassigned to support emergency response work within Surveillance/Epidemiology or Clinical Operations. It is open only to permanent employees in the title and people reachable on the Public Health Adviser civil service list.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 12 semester credits in health education, health sciences, social sciences, or biological sciences; or an alternative combination of education and experience specified in the qualifications.
• Alternatively, a baccalaureate degree and six months of full-time satisfactory experience in a health promotion or disease intervention/prevention program performing activities such as interviewing, community investigations, health-risk assessment, referrals, or epidemiological data collection and analysis.
• Alternatively, a four-year high school diploma or equivalent and four years of full-time satisfactory experience in the specified health promotion or disease intervention/prevention activities.
• Education and/or experience equivalent to the listed alternatives may qualify, subject to the stated minimum high-school and health-credit or experience requirements. Undergraduate college credit may substitute for experience at 30 semester credits per year of full-time experience.
• For Assignment Level II, at least one year of experience as a Public Health Adviser, Assignment Level I, or at least one additional year of experience described in Qualification Requirement 2, in addition to the minimum qualifications.
• An annual health assessment is required for Public Health Advisers.
• Only permanent employees in the title and candidates reachable on the Public Health Adviser civil service list are eligible to apply.

Nice To Haves

• For certain assignments, satisfactory completion of training in phlebotomy or other necessary procedures may be required.
• Certification in HIV counseling may be required for certain assignments.

Responsibilities

• Interview people diagnosed with HIV to identify HIV-exposed partners, locate and notify partners, and provide rapid HIV testing to notified partners in mobile settings.
• Connect people newly diagnosed with HIV to clinical care.
• Use HIV transmission network data to identify and reach people who are not in care, including through contact tracing.
• Trace and locate people diagnosed with HIV who are out of care and connect them to clinical care.
• Engage people diagnosed with HIV and their partners with HIV prevention and ancillary services.
• Link HIV-negative partners to PrEP providers for evaluation and counseling.
• Collect HIV case data to meet surveillance and case-investigation requirements, including through record reviews and patient and provider interviews.
• Serve in an activated role and support emergency response work in Surveillance/Epidemiology or Clinical Operations as needed.
• Perform other duties supporting the department's goals and mission.
• Conduct ongoing outreach to HIV providers and community-based organizations and educate providers and community members about HIV-related laws and regulations.

Benefits

• Premium-free health insurance plan, described as saving employees over $10,000 annually based on a 2024 assessment.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available depending on the position's associated union or benefit fund.
• Public sector defined-benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• Tax-deferred savings program.
• Worksite Wellness Program with health resources and opportunities.
• Depending on the position, the possibility of working from home up to two days during the week.
• Job security compared with private-sector employment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time